Saturday, March 15, 2025

Culture

The fashion craze for military uniforms, 1967

Less than three months before Sgt Pepper was released, on 12 March 1967, the Observer took a bemused look at the craze for military uniforms. ‘Pop patriotics? Dandyism? Consolation for having missed national service?’ There was plenty of brocade,...

My partner reacts badly when I don’t accept his help | Ask Philippa

The dilemma I recently started my second career. It’s in an industry light years from my previous one. As the months pass, I’m gaining a tenuous grip on things, but there have been some difficult days and there will...

Clive Myrie: ‘I cry a lot. I’m a real gusher’

On my first day at primary school I threw up in the middle of the classroom. It was nerves, I think – being away from family. For the following two weeks I was totally mute. Eventually I spoke –...

This is how we do it: ‘I hired an artist to paint us together in the nude’

Janet, 59 I can’t remember how Alan and I ended up having sex for the first time. We’d probably had a few too many drinks. I was 10 years out of a tricky divorce and I’d developed a bad...

Stosie Madi’s vegan recipe for baked garden peas with spring onions and jersey royals | The new vegan

Our long, cold, dark winters mean spring pod vegetables arrive late up here in Lancashire. But when they do finally make an appearance, they are plentiful, so we always try to make the most of them while we can....

Rick Edwards looks back: ‘I don’t know what my dad said to make me smile like that’

Born in Enfield, north London, in 1979, Rick Edwards is a TV presenter turned podcaster, author and radio presenter. A Cambridge University graduate, he studied maths for one year before switching to natural sciences. After graduating, he became a...

How to turn leftover bacon fat into a brilliant salad dressing | Waste not

Victoria Glass, author of Too Good to Waste (Nourish Books, 2017), says that reducing waste is not about being perfect, but about doing your best. “I’ve often got a bit of meat fat lurking in the fridge, for example,...

Weekend podcast: multi-platinum singer Kesha, Marina Hyde on the Post Office scandal, and coronations gone awry

Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Kesha discusses her most raw and confrontational album to date (1m35s); as the Post Office scandal continues to unfold, Marina Hyde asks why there is a deafening silence on social media (9m31s); and as the nation...

‘We’ve discovered the secret of immortality. The bad news is it’s not for us’: why the godfather of AI fears for humanity

The first thing Geoffrey Hinton says when we start talking, and the last thing he repeats before I turn off my recorder, is that he left Google, his employer of the past decade, on good terms. “I have no...

Cocktail of the week: Fin Spiteri's hazelnut sour – recipe | The good mixer

This is a staple on our menu, offering big after-dinner energy with creamy, nutty flavours. It works really well as a digestif and is the perfect way to transition from dinner to a night of drinking.Hazelnut sourServes 125ml Frangelico25ml...
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